Hi everyone. There is a saying: “One bad apple spoils the bunch”. So can a few fans give a city a bad name? I am talking about the city of Philadelphia. We are passionate about our sports teams. We cheer them when they are winning, but we boo them when they are losing. But a few days ago, things went too far. In a baseball game, one of the players, Ryan Howard, got out. It was the last out of the game and Philadelphia lost the game. As Howard was walking back, a fan threw an aluminum beer bottle at his feet. Obviously, Howard was upset. I remember in the early 2000’s, Philly football fans were upset with their Eagles and they started hurling snowballs at the opposite team and Santa Claus. Is nothing sacred anymore! It was during the same time that Philadelphia had a sitting judge during the Eagles games. But when you look at polls of worst fans, Philly fans get top ranking. But I bet you, if you polled for the best fans, I think they will get top ranking as well. Going to any sporting event for a family of 4 is an expensive affair. Depending upon the game, you can easily spend between $200 and $500. So if the team has a poor performance, fans are going to let them know how they feel. Some fans get more emotional and demonstrative than others, but does that mean everyone else is bad. For instance, there were 25,000 other fans on the day Howard got assaulted. But only one fan did that. So I don’t think it is fair to brand a whole city for thoughtless actions of a rotten few. We need to remember that athletes are human beings first.